Death: What happens to non-Christians believers?

This week I am writing more from my heart, than as a Theological position.  I actually thought about not writing at all this week, but sometimes my writing are for teaching myself too.  This week my brother-in-law passed away and made me think of some tough questions that I needed to answer for myself.  I …

The Trinity: How can God be three persons, yet one God? Part 2 of 2

Last week we began discussing the Trinity.  We defined the doctrine of the Trinity as follows:  God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God. The fact that God is three persons means that the Father is not the Son; they are …

The Trinity: How can God be three persons, yet one God? Part 1 of 2

The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith.  To study the Bible’s teachings on the Trinity gives great insight into the question that is at the center of all our seeking after God: What is God like himself?  Here we learn that in himself, in his very …

How is God like us? Part 5

We are today completing our series discussing the attributes of God that are “communicable”.  We have divided God’s “communicable” attributes into five major categories: God’s being attributes (Part 1) Spirituality definition:  God’s spirituality means that God exists as a being that is not made of any matter, has no parts or dimensions, is unable to …

How is God like us? Part 4

We are currently in a series discussing the attributes of God that are “communicable”.  We have divided God’s “communicable” attributes into five major categories: God’s being attributes (Part 1) Spirituality definition:  God’s spirituality means that God exists as a being that is not made of any matter, has no parts or dimensions, is unable to …

How is God like us? Part 3b

We are currently in a series discussing the attributes of God that are “communicable”.  We have divided God’s “communicable” attributes into five major categories: God’s being attributes (Part 1) Spirituality definition:  God’s spirituality means that God exists as a being that is not made of any matter, has no parts or dimensions, is unable to …

How is God like us? Part 3a

We are currently in a series discussing the attributes of God that are “communicable”.  We have divided God’s “communicable” attributes into five major categories: God’s being attributes (Part 1) Spirituality definition:  God’s spirituality means that God exists as a being that is not made of any matter, has no parts or dimensions, is unable to …

How is God like us? Part 2

Last week we began this series of attributes of God that are “communicable”.  We have divided God’s “communicable” attributes into five major categories: God’s being attributes (Part 1) Spirituality definition:  God’s spirituality means that God exists as a being that is not made of any matter, has no parts or dimensions, is unable to be …

How is God like us? Part 1

During these next few weeks we will discuss the attributes of God that are “communicable,” or more shared with us than those attributes mentioned in the last five messages.  We must remember that this division into “incommunicable” (belong to God alone), and “communicable” (can be shared by humans) is not an absolute division and there …

How is God Different from us? Part 5 of 5

This will be the 5th message discussing how God is different from us.  Here again are the previous 4 attributes: The first attribute was God’s independence.  This was defined as: God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glory him and bring him …